Local historian Jennifer Lawler said Kelly’s Directory of 1900 shows that the three-and-a-half acre cemetery opened in 1867.

The directory described it as “beautifully laid out, and has a mortuary chapel, with tower and spire: adjoining the cemetery are two acres of land reserved for the purpose of extension. The cemetery is now under the control of the Urban District Council”.

Mrs Lawler also referred to documents held by the council which show the gate piers, gate and wall, cemetery chapel and mortuaries, and cemetery lodge, are all listed buildings.